Breaking News Correspondent, Finance and Markets

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Category

News & Editorial Careers
- Job Id

JREQ188976
- Job Type

Full time
- Hybrid

Reuters is seeking an experienced and ambitious **Breaking News Correspondent, Finance and Markets**to run a social media
- and contacts-driven operation that will dig into day-to-day developments in banking and financial markets.

Working with a dedicated team split between New York and Bangalore, the correspondent will aim to develop and to expand a contact book of bankers, traders, investors and brokers that will deliver leads on original and exclusive stories and keep tabs on the wealth of gossip that seeps out of financial markets daily.

They will be a constant presence on Twitter and Reddit, building relationships with the investors and traders who hang out, swap banter and drop actionable tidbits on social media, with a view to breaking more news and improving the quality of market intelligence that we receive.

**About the role**:

- S/he will have a track record of breaking news, building strong sources**and covering spot stories with the accuracy, speed, context and freedom from bias that our customers demand. An ability to write with clarity, speed and expertise is essential.

**About you**:

- A minimum of two years’ experience as a financial journalist, preferably in a financial markets or a banking-focused role
- Excellent people and networking skills
- Strong written and spoken English
- A strong grasp of global financial markets, economics and banking issues
- Ability to build a professional and strongly visible social media profile

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**What’s in it For You?**

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

- **Global Career**: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.
- **Learning & Development**: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.
- ** Industry Competitive Benefits**: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.
- ** Perks**: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

**About Reuters**

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

**About Thomson Reuters**

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.